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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    Cheers sparkwright, rewired this morning, problem sorted, was'nt wired correctly, thanks.
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    Got it now mate, thanks for all your help, i'll rewire that tomorrow and let you know the result, by the way the wiring was already like that when i rewired earlier so its not something that was caused by me, i reckon my dad might have had something to do with it although he wouldn't admit it...
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    Where do the lives all go?, sorry i'm still a little confused, i've tried to draw a diagram, [/wiki][/url]
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    So the live from the toilet light fitting goes to the bathroom ceiling rose loop in, is that correct?. Not sure what you mean, are these not needed. What goes in to L1 on the 2 way pull cord switch.
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    I've changed all the cable from the bathroom ceiling rose to the toilet so that is all new now, could you just verify the wiring for me. The bathroom ceiling rose goes to the toilet light fitting and then to the toilet light switch as follows- Earth from bathroom ceiling rose to toilet...
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    If there was any cable damage from the bathroom light back to the consumer unit i'm guessing it would trip but it doesn't and like i say the bathroom and bedroom lights work ok so i guess the cable is ok, however like i just said the toilet light is wired from the bathroom ceiling rose and is...
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    Its just an MCB (not RCD) that protects the upstairs lighting circuit, what i can't work out is why the bedroom and bathroom lights are working ok when you switch them on, its just as soon as you switch that toilet light on it trips the mcb, if you leave it of then everything is fine, also i...
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    It was tripping before i done any of the work, its been like it for a while, its my mums house and she has been without a toilet light for a while because it kept tripping, i have only just got round to looking at it as i have been busy.
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    It stopped working a while ago, i changed the ceiling rose as it looked old and tired, the problem persisted so i then went to the pull cord switch which i replaced, it was still tripping mcb as soon as you pull the cord switch so i thought there might be a problem with the wiriing coming from...
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    Upstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping

    We have 3 bedrooms, bathroom and a seperate toilet, the lights in the bedrooms and the bathroom work ok but when you go to switch the toilet light on the breaker always trips out, i replaced the ceiling rose and pull cord switch and have also replaced the wiring from toilet switch to light...
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